I've
finished reading the November Previews catalog which features the comics and
related products scheduled to begin shipping in January 2012. If you see
anything that you'd like please try to let me know by November eighteenth.

First, as usual, I'm going to list the top writers and let you know what
books they'll be writing. If you have a favorite comic you might check who the
author is and then see what else he or she is writing. I believe that it's the
writers along with the editors who produce the best titles. We all have favorite
artists but without a good writer we just have a poster book or a 'swimsuit
issue' which may be nice to look at but doesn't inspire repeated readings like
'Watchmen' or 'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'.

AARON: Jason broke onto the comic scene at Vertigo several years ago and is now
writing mostly for Marvel. He'll be writing 'Incredible Hulk' #4 with Image
co-founder Whilce Portacio illustrating. In this new series the Hulk and Bruce
Banner are two separate individuals so, naturally, they're at war with one
another. 'Wolverine and the X-Men' features the art of Nick Bradshaw and Logan
is a teacher (?) of new mutants, one of which is pregnant. With Adam Kubert on
art Jason writes the 56 page 'Wolverine' #300 with the Silver Samurai and
Wolverine's daughter and a return to Tokyo. Jason's best book in my opinion is
this one: 'Punisher Max' #21, the final chapter of the Kingpin arc and only one
of them will survive. His collected editions this month include 'Astonishing
Spider-Man and Wolverine TP' and 'Wolverine vs the X-Men TP' collecting
'Wolverine' #5.1 and #6-9.

ABNETT/LANNING: As part of the 'New 52' at DC Dan and Andy continue on the character they
created with 'Resurrection Man' #5 and at Marvel they write 'New Mutants' #36.
Andy writes 'Villains for Hire' #2 of 5 solo and the teams' work is collected in
'Fear Itself: Heroes For Hire Premiere HC'.

ADAMS: Legendary artist, Neal is writing and drawing 'Batman Odyssey II' #4 of 7
and he's one of the writers and artists featured in the 'Deadman TP' Volume 2.

AGUIRRE-SACASA: Roberto writes the final issue of the final chapter of the adaptation of
Stephen King's opus with 'Stand: Night Has Fallen' #6 of 6 which is also offered
as the 'Stand: Night Has Fallen' HC.

ARAGONES: The 'Batman: Black & White Statue' is based on Sergio's design, probably the
silliest Batman statue ever produced. Most of his work is coming from Bongo
Comics of late; he'll be one of the writers and artists working on 'Bart Simpson
Comics' #67 this month and he'll be writing and illustrating 'Simpsons
Illustrated' #1 as well as 'Sergio Aragones' Funnies' #7.

ARCUDI: John's long association with Mike Mignola continues as he co-writes
'Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand' #1 of 5, 'BPRD: Hell on Earth-Russia' #5 of
5 and a new 'BPRD' tale in 'Dark Horse Presents' #8. He also co-wrote the
material collected in the 'BPRD: Plague of Frogs' TP Volume 1.

ASMUS: James co-writes 'Captain America & Bucky' #626 with Ed Brubaker and
'Astonishing X-Men: Children of the Brood Premiere HC' with Cristos Gage. On his
own he continues his run on 'Generation Hope' #15.

AZZARELLO: Brian writes 'Wonder Woman' #5 in a single issue story with guest artist
Tony Akins; he's taken the warrior Amazon Goddess in a new direction that the
character sorely needed; Cliff Chiang will be back on art duties next issue.

BARKER: Clive is co-writing his own characters in 'Hellraiser' #1 as well as the
material collected in the 'Hellraiser TP” Volume 2. IDW is also publishing a
'Hellraiser Masterpieces' series choosing the best of the old Marvel: Epic
series'.

BEDARD: Tony continues writing two of the 'New 52' titles with 'Green Lantern: New
Guardians' #5 and 'Blue Beetle' #5.

BENDIS: Brian is still my favorite writer working at Marvel and still manages to
make the characters in his titles grow even in the midst of the never-ending
cross overs. He continues to dazzle on 'Avengers' #21, 'New Avengers' #20,
'Avengers Annual' #1, 'Ultimate Comics: Ultimate Spider-Man' #6 and 'Moon
Knight' #9. His work is collected in 'Fear Itself: Avengers Premiere HC',
'Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis TP' Volume 2 and 'New Avengers by Brian
Michael Bendis TP' Volume 2. New issues of both of his creator owned titles at
Marvel's 'Icon' imprint continue with 'Scarlet' #7 and 'Brilliant' #4. The
latter has only had one issue so far but the former is one of my current
favorite titles.

BRUBAKER: While most of Ed's work is at Marvel this month he launches a very promising
ongoing series at Image, 'Fatale' #1 that will please fans of his noir crime
titles like 'Criminal' and 'Incognito' and he'll be working with long time
collaborator Sean Phillips. At Marvel he writes 'Captain America' #7 and
co-writes 'Captain America & Bucky' #626. His work is collected in the 'Captain
America by Ed Brubaker Premiere HC' Volume 1 and the 'Daredevil by Brubaker and
Lark Ultimate Collection TP' Volume 1.

BYRNE: John writes and draws his latest project with 'Cold War' #4 at IDW. He
co-wrote material offered in the 'X-Men: Mutant Genesis 2.0' HC which isn't
scheduled to ship until April of next year. I'm not sure why but Marvel is
offering a lot of collections that won't actually arrive for five months or
more. Maybe they're just testing the waters and if the ordered numbers aren't
high enough then they'll cancel the books. (Can you tell that I don't have a lot
of faith in Marvel's solicitations?)

CAREY: Mike continues on his critically acclaimed literary fantasy with two issues
this month as last: 'Unwritten' #33 and 'Unwritten' #33.5 while some of his
older mutant stories are collected in the 'X-Men: Legacy-Aftermath' TP.

CHAYKIN: Howard completes his serialized tale 'Masked Man?' in 'Dark Horse Presents'
#8 as well as his 'Avengers: 1959' #5 of 5, both of which he writes and
illustrates.

CORNELL: A long time contributor to Marvel's titles Paul seems to have found a new
home at DC of late. He's writing 'Demon Knights' #5 and 'Stormwatch' #5 in the
'New 52' and he wrote 'Superman: The Black Ring TP' Volume 1 with Pete Woods and
Sean Chen providing the artwork.

DANIEL: Long time 'Spawn' artist, Tony is also wearing the writer's hat at DC where
he writes 'Savage Hawkman' #5 while writing and drawing 'Detective Comics' #5.
He co-wrote the material collected in the 'Batman vs. the Black Glove' Deluxe
Edition HC.

DAVID: Peter is one of the many contributors to the 'Fractured Fables' TP at Image
while at Marvel he completes the movie prequel with 'John Carter: The Worlds of
Mars' #4 of 4. He adapts 'Dark Tower-Gunslinger: Way Station' #2 of 5 and
continues his long run with 'X-Factor' #230 while 'X-Factor Volume 12: Scar
Tissue TP' collects the previous arc. He co-wrote both' X-Men: Fatal Attractions
HC' and 'Dark Tower-Gunslinger: The Battle of Tull Premiere HC'.

DIGGLE: Andy's B&W crime tale from DC's Vertigo imprint, 'Rat Catcher TP' was
previously only available in hard cover and his western tale at Marvel nears
completion with 'Six Guns' #4 of 5.

DIXON: Chuck wrote the story collected in the 'Batman vs Bane' TP while, at
Dynamite his Hasbro owned war stories continue in the 'Cobra Annual 2012: Origin
of Cobra Commander', 'G. I. Joe II' #9 and 'Snake Eyes' #9. He co-writes with
Robert Jordan on 'Wheel of Time-Eye of the World' #21 and Dynamite publishes
their first prose novel with Chucks' 'Seal Team Six'.

EDMONDSON: Nathan continues on 'Grifter' #5, one of the Wildstorm characters who have
joined the DC Universe, and his creator owned espionage series from Image
continues with 'Activity' #2.

ELLIS: I've heard it suggested that Warren is following in Frank Miller's
footsteps, leaving the comic industry for the film industry but he's still
writing 'Secret Avengers' #21 at Marvel while one of his older works at Avatar
gets colorized wit 'Warren Ellis' Atmospherics' Color Edition GN.

ENNIS: It appears that the next volume of the ultra violent series will be
anthology style; Garth co-writes 'Crossed: Badlands' #0. He writes 'Boys' #62
this month but 'Garth Ennis' Jennifer Blood' #11 may have his name on the cover
but the writer's name is Al Ewing.

FIALKOV: Joshua's writes 'I, Vampire' #5 while the first issue of the series is
reprinted in 'DC Presents the New 52' #1, each issue reprinting four of the new
titles. He also writes 'Doctor Who II' #13. One of his recently completed series
at Image is offered as the 'Echoes Complete Signed Set' offering all the
original issues autographed. Plus 'Last of the Greats' reaches issue #4.

FRACTION: With no end in sight, Matt co-writes 'Fear Itself: Fearless' #6 and 7 of 12
and 'Battle Scars' #3 of 6. He also writes 'Mighty Thor' #10, 'Defenders' #2 and
'Invincible Iron Man' #512. Matt is a solid story teller but like a few of the
writers at Marvel his work has been suffering lately from just having too many
projects on his table.

GAGE: Christos is writing 'Angel & Faith' #6 while the bulk of his work remains in
the Marvel Universe including 'Avengers Academy' #24 and 'X-Men Legacy' #260.1
and #261. He's a co-writer on the material collected in the 'Spider-Man:
Spider-Island HC' and the 'Astonishing X-Men: Children of the Brood Premiere
HC'.

GAIMAN: Neil is another of the comic creators recently seduced by the world of
novels and movies but the 'Sandman Volume 8: World's End TP' is offered in the
new edition with a new cover and the improved coloring that was used for the
deluxe hard cover editions that came out a couple years back.

GATES: Sterling continues his solid writing with 'Hawk & Dove' #5 although Rob
Liefeld's art has scared many away from the title. He's also working with Alex
Ross on his new project by writing 'Kirby Genesis: Captain Victory' #4.

GILLEN: Keiron is writing 'Journey Into Mystery' #633, 'Uncanny X-Men' #5 with
Brandon Peterson and 'Uncanny X-Men' #6 with Greg Land, both of which tie into
the 'Regenesis' cross over. His work is collected in the 'Fear Itself: Journey
Into Mystery Premiere HC'.

GISCHLER: Victor is writing 'X-Men' #23 with Will Conrad's art, the conclusion of the
'Machines of War' story and a 'Regenesis' tie in; 'so many Sentinels they blot
out the sky'.

GRAY/PALMIOTTO: Justin and Jimmy are writing the adventures of Jonah Hex who is in Gotham
and teamed up with Amadeus Arkham in 'All-Star Western' #5 as well as 'Ray' #2
of 4 with Jamal Igle's art.

GUGGENHEIM: Some of Marc's work at DC is collected in the 'Justice Society of America:
Monument Point' TP, his creator owned series continues at Dynamite with 'Nowhere
Man' #2 of 4 and he co-wrote the material collected in the 'Super Zombies
Oversized HC'.

HAMA: Larry wrote the 'G. I. Joe Yearbook TP' for Marvel and it's now being
reissued from IDW. He also writes 'G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero' #174 and he
co-wrote the material collected in the 'X-Men: Fatal Attractions' HC.

HEINBERG: Since Allan and artist Jim Cheung first began telling the tales of the
'Young Avengers' the story and art have been fantastic; Cheung has such a clean
and meticulous style with beautiful layouts and the fact that they can't seem to
get more than one issue out every other month has kept their work from being
compromised by the endless cross overs. This month they (finally) finish with
'Avengers: The Children's Crusade' #9 of 9 and the whole thing is collected in
the 'Avengers: Children's Crusade' HC.

HICKMAN: Although I prefer Jonathan's creator owned work at Image his Marvel work is
certainly a cut above the rest. This month he's writing 'Ultimate Comics: The
Ultimates' #6, 'FF' #14 and 'Fantastic Four' #602. His work is collected in the
'FF by Jonathan Hickman Premier HC' Volume 2 and the 'Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye
by Hickman Premiere' HC.

HIGGINS: Kyle is writing 'Nightwing' #5 with Dick in New Orleans, 'Deathstroke' #5
with Joe Bennett's art. He co-wrote material collected in the 'Batman: Gates of
Gotham' TP.

HILL: Joe writes 'Locke & Key: Clockworks' #5 of 6 and co-writes 'Joe Hill's The
Cape' #4 of 4. IDW announced that Joe and his father, Stephen King will
collaborate on a new series coming soon; I'll keep you informed.

HINE: David is the other writer of the previously mentioned 'Batman: Gates of
Gotham' TP and, teaming up again with Shaky Kane, 'Bulletproof Coffin:
Disinterred' #1 of 6 is offered. The first series was a lot of zany fun and
recommended.

HURWITZ: In between writing his best selling novels Greg is writing 'Penguin: Pain
and Prejudice' #4 of 5.

HUSTON: In addition to Charlie's best selling crime novels his recent, very violent
stories are collected in the 'Wolverine: The Best There Is-Broken Quarantine
Premiere HC' and the 'Wolverine: The Best There Is-Contagion' TP.

JENKINS: Paul is writing 'DC Universe Presents' #5 which concludes the 'Deadman'
story; I suspect he'll be joining the Justice League soon; 'Deadman', not
Jenkins. Paul also co-wrote 'Batman: The Dark Knight' #5 with David Finch.

JOHNS: Geoff co-wrote the material collected in 'BPRD: Plague of Frogs' TP Volume 1
and at DC he writes 'Justice League' #5, 'Aquaman' #5 and 'Green Lantern' #5.
His work is collected in the 'Flash Omnibus by Geoff Johns HC' Volume 2.

JOHNSON: Mike co-writes 'Supergirl' #5 with Michael Green and, at IDW he writes 'Star
Trek' #5. IDW also has a contest: in 300 words or less tell why your retailer is
the best and you'd take a phaser set to kill to protect them. The winner gets to
be a redshirt on a variant cover of an upcoming 'Star Trek' comic protecting
their retailer from certain doom.

JURGENS: The man who will always be known as 'the man who killed Superman' writes
'Justice League International' #5 and co-writes 'Green Arrow' #5.

KIRKMAN: Robert is writing 'Infinite' #6 with Rob Liefeld's art, 'Invincible' #89,
'Super Dinosaur' #8 and 'Walking Dead' #93 and his work is collected in the
'Invincible TP Volume 15: Get Smart'. Have you noticed that all the 'Invincible'
trade paperbacks are named after cheesy old television sit-coms?

LANSDALE: Best selling horror writer, Joe completes 'H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich
Horror' #4 of 4 and he co-writes a story with Keith Lansdale in 'Creepy' #7.

LAPHAM: One of my personal favorite creators since he wrote and drew the 'Stray
Bullets' series, David seems to become more prolific every month. He'll be
writing 'The Strain' #2 of 12, 'Kull: The Cat and the Skull' #4 of 4, he pens a
story in 'Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword' #7, writes 'Supernatural' #4 of 6 and
'Deadpool Max II' #4 of 12. His new series is 'Ferals' #1, he completes the
ultra-violent 'Crossed: Psychopath' #7 of 7, co-writes 'Crossed: Badlands' #0
and completes 'Damaged' #6 of 6.

LEE: Jim draws 'Justice League' #5 although he was already running behind
schedule with issue #2 so we'll see if he learns how to meet deadlines, although
it's doubtful. One of his older statues is offered with a new metallic finish,
'Batman patina Mini Statue' and he co-wrote material collected in the 'X-Men:
Mutant Genesis 2.0 HC'.

LEMIRE: Jeff is doing a stellar job with 'Animal Man' #5 his 'Frankenstein: Agent of
S.H.A.D.E.' #5 will conclude the story begun in 'O.M.A.C.' #5, 'DC Presents the
New 52' #1 contains a reprint of 'Animal Man' #1 and he writes and illustrates
his creator owned Vertigo title in 'Sweet Tooth' #29.

LEVITZ: Paul is writing 'Huntress' #4 of 6 as well as his usual future team stories
in 'Legion of Super-Heroes' #5 (with guest artist Walter Simonson) and 'Legion:
Secret Origin' # of 6. Paul's work is collected in 'Legion of Super-Heroes: The
Choice' TP.

LISS: David only writes one comic, 'Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive'
#528 but I tend to include him on this list each month because he's a brilliant
writer of historical fiction novels and he's writing the only good Black Panther
stories that I've ever read.

LIU: Marjorie continues writing the tales of Wolverine's cloned daughter in 'X-2'
#20 and her work is collected in the 'X-23 Premiere HC Volume 2: Chaos Theory';
she also co-write the material collected in the 'Daken/X-23: Collision' TP.

LOBDELL: Scott was once a mainstay at Marvel but writes mostly for DC these days.
He's writing three of the 'New 52' titles with 'Superboy' #5, 'Red Hood and the
Outlaws' #5 and 'Teen Titans' #5. He co-wrote the material collected in the
'X-Men: Fatal Attractions' HC and the 'X-Men: Mutant Genesis 2.0' HC.

LOEB: Jeff is again teamed with long time collaborator Ed McGuinness on 'Avengers:
X-Sanction' #2 of 4.

MARZ: Science fiction author Ron Marz writes 'Voodoo' #5, a Wildstorm character
who is now part of the DC Universe. His Top Cow work is collected in the
'Artifacts Deluxe HC'.

McDANIEL: Scott writes and draws 'Static Shock' #5, once a DC Milestone character and
now a regular DC Universe character.

McKEEVER: Ted writes and illustrates what looks like his best work since 'Transit'
with 'Mondo' #1 of 3.

MIGNOLA: Mike co-writes 'Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand' #1 of 5 and 'BPRD: Hell
on Earth-Russia' #5 of 5 and he co-wrote 'BPRD: Plague of Frogs' TP Volume 1.
There is also the 'Batman: Black & White Statue-variant' based on his art and
repainted in monochromatic colors.

MILLAR: Mark's work is collected in the 'Ultimate Comics: Avengers by Mark Millar
Omnibus' Volume 1 and the 'Superior Premiere HC'. His latest work is in the
British magazine 'Clint' #14 which also features other comics and articles.

MILLIGAN: Pete writes 'Red Lanterns' #5 and 'Justice League Dark' #5 and the first
issue of his 'Justice League Dark' is reprinted in 'DC Presents the New 52' #1.
At Vertigo he continues on 'Hellblazer' #287 while his previous arc is collected
in 'Hellblazer: Phantom Pains' TP where Constantine loses his thumb as well as
his trench coat.

MOORE: One of Terry's stories is featured in the 'Fractured Fables' TP and he
continues writing and drawing his latest creator owned, self published title
with 'Rachel Rising' #5.

MORRISON: Grant is writing 'Action Comics' #5 and other DC work is collected in the
'Batman vs the Black Glove Deluxe HC' and 'Batman: Time and the Batman' TP.
Boom! Studios reissues his story from the 'Avengers' TV show with 'Steed and
Mrs. Peel' #1 of 6.

NELSON: Arvid writes tales of Tarzan in 'Lord of the Jungle' #2 and also writes
'Warlord of Mars' #16 for Dynamite Entertainment.

NICIEZA: Another writer who left Marvel for DC, Fabian writes 'Legion Lost' #5 and he
co-wrote the material in 'Batman: Time and the Batman' TP. He also wrote the
material collected in the 'X-Force: Toy Soldiers Premiere HC' and co-wrote
stories in the 'X-Men: Fatal Attractions' HC.

NILES: Crime and horror writer, Steve is writing his '30 Days of Night Ongoing' #4.

OSTRANDER: You may remember the great writing John did on the 'Starman' series with
Tony Harris' art awhile back. He's writing 'Star Wars: Agent of the Empire-Iron
Eclipse' #2 of 5.

PAK: Greg writes 'Alpha Flight' #8; this was a six part series, then Marvel
announced it would be ongoing with issue seven but it didn't go too far; this is
the final issue. The first four issues are collected in the 'Alpha Flight by Pak
and Van Lente Volume 1 Premiere HC. Greg also writes 'Astonishing X-Men' #46 and
his work is collected in the 'Red Skull: Incarnate TP'. At Aspen Studios Greg is
writing 'Dead Man's Run' #1 of 6. This supernatural and hellish story was
co-created by Gale Anne Hurd, the producer of the 'Walking Dead' television
program and illustrated by Arizona's own, Eisner nominated artist Tony (Do
Android's Dream of Electric Sheep) Parker.

PARKER: Brad is writing 'Hulk' #47 and 'Thunderbolts' #168 and #169. He wrote the
'Fear Itself: Hulk' HC and co-wrote the 'Fear Itself: Thunderbolts Premiere HC'.

PEREZ: George is writing 'Superman' #5 and doing the cover art, but he's not doing
the layouts as he had in the previous issues; Jesus Merino will provide the art.
George co-wrote the material in the 'Justice Society of America: Monument Point'
TP and provided the art for the 'Avengers: Serpent Crown Premiere HC' contents.

POWELL: No art from Eric this month although he co-wrote 'Godzilla: Kingdom of
Monsters, Volume 2' TP.

REED: Brian, who writes more video games than comics will write 'Halo: Fall of
Reach-Invasion' #1 of 4.

REMENDER: Rick writes 'Secret Avengers' #21.1 and 'Venom' #12. 'Uncanny X-Force' #19.1
leads into 'Age of Apocalypse' #1, a new ongoing series while #20 is 'The Trial
of Fantomex' part one as well as a 'Regenesis' tie in. Rick also contributed to
'Spider-Man: Spider-Island' HC.

ROBERSON: Chris writes 'I, Zombie' #21 plus issues thirteen through seventeen are
collected in the 'I, Zombie Volume 3: Six Feet Under and Rising' TP. 'Memorial'
#2 of 6 is Chris' supernatural thriller at IDW where he also writes 'Star
Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes' #4 of 6. And at Boom! He continues his adventures
of Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion in 'Elric: The Balance Lost' #7.

ROZUM: The 'Xombi TP' collects John's six issue series of the Milestone character
with Frazier Irving's art plus the one shot meeting with the Spectre from 'Brave
and the Bold' #26 with Scott Hampton's art. Even if you're not a fan of the
undead hero the artists are spectacular.

RUCKA: Greg is only writing 'Punisher' #7 this month so hopefully we'll see a new
novel from him soon.

SHOOTER: One time editor at Marvel, Jim's new tale of the golden age Gold Key
character is collected in the 'Mighty Samson: Judgment' TP.

SIMONE: Gail co-writes 'The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men' #5 and continues
chronicling her favorite in 'Batgirl' #5. She is also one of many contributors
to the 'Womanthology: Heroic' HC.

SLOTT: Dan writes 'Amazing Spider-Man' #678 and is a contributing writer to
material collected in the 'Spider-Man: Spider-Island' HC.

SNYDER: Scott continues his winning streak with 'Batman' #5 featuring Greg
Capullo's art and 'Swamp Thing' #5 with Yanick Paquette at DC and the first
issue of 'Swamp Thing' is one of first issues reprinted in 'DC Presents the New
52' #1. Scott also co-wrote the material collected in the 'Batman: Gates of
Gotham' TP. At Vertigo he continues his award winning 'American Vampire' #23 and
at Image the series he co-created and co-writes with Scott Tufts approaches it's
suspenseful conclusion with 'Severed' #6 of 7.

SPENCER: Most of you know that Nick knocked my socks off when he first came on the
scene and his 'Morning Glories' (#17 this month) is still one of my favorite
current books. I think that Marvel is giving him so much work that his quality
has dropped a bit on their titles. At DC he continues 'Thunder Agents II' #3 of
6, Nick is one of the many contributors to the 'Fractured Fables' TP and at
Marvel he writes 'Ultimate Comics: X-Men' #6 and 'Victor Von Doom' #3 of 4. His
work is also featured in the 'Fear Itself: Secret Avengers Premiere HC'.

SPURRIER: Simon writes 'X-Club' #2 of 5 and is one of the writers for 'Crossed:
Badlands' #0 at Avatar.

STRACZYNSKI: Michael's second arc is collected in the 'Wonder Woman HC Volume 2: Odyssey'
which he plotted but had others script after the success of his 'Superman: Earth
One' HC which caused DC to tell him to get to work on a second volume. Also his
still unfinished work at Marvel is collected in the 'Twelve' TP Volume 1.
Quesada dished Michael enough dirt that I don't expect he'll ever finish this or
do any work for Marvel while Quesada is still editor.

SWIERCZYNSKI: Duane writes 'Birds of Prey' #5 at DC with Jesus Saiz' pencils and
'Infestation II' #1 of 2 at IDW; the series will cross into the 'Transformers',
'Dungeons & Dragons', 'G.I. Joe', 'TMNT', '30 Days of Night' and 'Danger Girl'
this time.

THOMAS: After all of his years doing the same thing at Marvel, Roy hasn't improved
much when it comes to adapting Robert E. Howard's work to comics. 'Conan: Road
of Kings' #12 of 12 ends this uneven series. The few issues that featured Dan
Panosian's art sold twice as well as any others; too bad they couldn't find an
artist to commit to the book.

TOMASI: Peter is writing two of the 'New 52'; 'Batman and Robin' #5 and 'Green
Lantern Corps' #5.

TRUMAN: Timothy is writing 'King Conan: Phoenix on the Sword' #1 of 4 and he
illustrates and co-writes (with his son) 'Hawken' #3 of 6.

VAN LENTE: Fred co-writes the final issue of the series with 'Alpha Flight' #8 and he
also co-wrote material collected in 'Spider-Man: Spider-Island' HC and 'Alpha
Flight by Pak and Van Lente Premiere HC Volume 1'.

VanSCIVER: Ethan co-writes and provides the cover for 'The Fury of Firestorm: The
Nuclear Men' #5.

WAGNER: Matt writes and provides a cover for 'Zorro Rides Again' #7.

WAID: Mark writes 'Amazing Spider-Man' #677 and 'Daredevil' #8 which are a two
part cross over story. He also writes Irredeemable #33 and Incorruptible #26
which are parts three and four of a four part cross over. Collections include
'Daredevil by Mark Waid Premiere HC' Volume 1, 'Irredeemable TP' #8 and the
'Definitive Irredeemable HC' Volume 1.

WALLACE: Eric writes 'Mister Terrific' #5 and his work is collected in the 'Titans:
Broken Promises' TP.

WAY: Daniel is a contributor to the 'Ghost Rider: Cycle of Vengeance' which
reprints 1971's 'Marvel Spotlight' #5, 'Ghost Rider' #1 from 1990 and 'Ghost
Rider' #1 from 2006. He also writes 'Deadpool' #49 and #49.1. His work is
collected in the 'Ghost Rider by Daniel Way Ultimate Collection' TP and he write
the 'Daken' issues in the 'Daken/X-23: Collision TP'.

YOST: Chris co writes 'Fear Itself: Fearless' #6 and #7 of 12 and 'Battle Scars'
#3 of 6. He's writing the new 'Scarlet Spider' #1 with Ryan Stegman. This third
ongoing Spider title will take place in Houston, Texas. Also Chris' adaptation
of George R.R. Martin's work is collected in the 'Ender's Game Ultimate
Collection' TP.

Okay,
that's over one hundred creators who are responsible for a lot of the big
companies' titles. Here's a run down by company of some of the stuff that I
haven't already covered:

DARK HORSE: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season IX' #9 is written by Andrew (Dollhouse)
Chambliss with art by Karl Moline, 'Monstermen and Other Scary Stories' HC is a
collection of Gary Gianni's work and 'Dark Matter' #1 of 4 is a star spanning
science fiction tale by Joseph Mallozzie and Paul Mullie of 'Stargate' fame.
'Star Wars-The Clone Wars: The Enemy Within' TP is an all ages appropriate story
described as the 'Dirty Dozen in Space' while 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old
Republic-War' #1 of 5 is a good introduction for newcomers and those playing the
new game due in December. The 'Compleat Terminal City' TP collects the original
series along with the sequel by Dean 'Mister X' Motter and Michael 'Daredevil'
Lark. The 'Afrika' HC is written and illustrated by the legendary Belgian
creator, Hermann. The third 'Axe Cop' TP is offered and pre-code golden age
crime stories are collected in the 'Crime Does Not Pay Archives HC' Volume 1.
There are also four embroidered patches from the world of Mass Effect offered.

DC: One of the five all time best ever Batman stories comes back into print with
the 'Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition HC' by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli,
the 'Hawk and Dove: Ghosts and Demons' TP collects the original five issue
series that was Rob Liefeld's break out title and the 'Showcase Presents Young
Love' TP collects the best of DC's romance comics. The 'I, Vampire' TP collects
the early stories from 'House of Mystery' as well as one from the 'Brave and the
Bold' #195.

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VERTIGO: The beautiful 'Gone to Amerikay' HC tells the story of Irish immigrants' in
New York from 1870 to 1960 with the gorgeous period artwork of Colleen Doran.

IDW: 'Transformers: Robots in Disguise' #1 starts a new ongoing series as
Bumblebee and the Autobots try to maintain a world without Optimus Prime and
'Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye' #1 is another new ongoing series by the
team that brought you 'Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers' HC. The 'Danger
Girl: Danger Sized Treasury Edition' is a very large reprint of the first issue
as they did with 'Rocketeer' a couple of months back. It's timed to coincide
with 'Danger Girl: Revolver' #1 of 4. The 'Womanthology: Heroic' HC is 300 pages
with over 150 creators both newcomers and established professionals with all
proceeds to go to 'globalgiving.org' with all stories 'heroically ' themed. Both
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' #6 and 'Ghostbusters' #5 begin new arcs. 'Mark
Twain's Tales of Mystery HC' is a prose collection of Twain's often overlooked
mystery tales and 'Popbot: Big Beautiful Book' is a slip-cased collection of all
eight volumes in hard cover, just a few left of this limited edition from San
Diego Comic Con. Probably the last chance for fans of Ashley Wood's art.

IMAGE: In 'Prophet' #21 John Prophet awakes from cryosleep on a mission to restart
the human empire. I guess this picks up after the previous issue from the summer
of 1996. 'Whispers' #1 begins a new supernatural thriller by Joshua Luna who,
with his brother did 'Ultra', 'Girls' and 'The Sword'. 'Nancy in Hell (on Earth)
#1 of 4 picks up after the previous series with Nancy and Lucifer vs. Hell. The
'Cover Girls HC' collects the artwork of Guillem (Catwoman, Gotham City Sirens)
March. 'Avengelyne: Devil in the Flesh' collects the six issue series by Rob
Liefeld, the 'Spawn Compendium, Volume 1' TP collects the first 49 issues in
black and white.

MARVEL: 'Defenders: Tournament of Heroes' collects three issues from 1972,
'Strikeforce: Morituari' #1 is a ninety nine cent reprint of the first issue
while the 'Strikeforce: Morituri Volume 1' TP collects the first thirteen
issues. The 'Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: A to Z' Volume 3 has been
updated. 'Deadpool Classic: Volume 6' TP finishes the characters 1997 comics and
begins on 1998. The 'Marvel Firsts: The 1970's' TP collects first issues like
'Marvel Spotlight', 'Tomb of Dracula', 'Hero for Hire', Outlaw Kid', 'Shanna the
She-Devil', 'Monster of Frankenstein' and more, not one of which is still in
publication.

INDIES: Here are some titles of interest from some of the smaller publishers; I
can't mention them all so, please, next time you're by the shop feel free to
look through the catalog yourself. 'My Friend Dahmer' is a sympathetic look
written and drawn by a childhood friend, available in soft cover and hard cover
editions. 'Cavewoman: Mutation' #1 begins a new story by Devon Massey and
includes a four page preview of Budd Root's Werewolf story that we may actually
see someday. 'Last Zombie: Neverland' 1 of 4 picks up in the mid-West with the
team battling hordes of ravenous rats, 'Mouse Guard: Black Axe' #4 of 5 is
offered for those that forgot; we saw issue two in April and still waiting for
issue three, but at least it's worth the wait. The third of the four part
'Archie Meets Kiss' is offered and the 'Jinx GN' is an all new coming-of-age
story with Jinx as a freshman in high school and 'Kevin Keller' #1 is the first
solo issue for the new gay Riverdale student. Punk rock, quantum mechanics and
the living dead causes a young slacker to question his sanity in the Xeric Award
winning graphic novel, 'Fantastic Life'. The biographical comic series' from
Bluewater covers Gabrielle Giffords, the cast of Doctor Who, Jack Kirby, Rick
Perry among others this month. 'Peanuts' 1 of 4 features all-new original
stories and 'Bone: Quest for the Spark-Book 2' is the second chapter book
continuing and expanding Jeff Smith's wonderful universe. 'Warlord of Mars
Annual' #1, 'The Lone Ranger' #1 and the 'Vampirella vs. Dracula' #1 need no
explanation, 'Red Sonja: Raven' is a one shot. 'The Avalon Chronicles' is an all
age hard cover fantasy series by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir. 'Sex
Pistols: The Graphic Novel' is by Jim McCarthy and Steve Parkhouse. 'The Sunday
Funnies' #1 is a full size 32 page comic section featuring the best of Sunday
comic strips from the 1890's through the 1950's with Flash Gordon, Prince
Valiant, Little Nemo and lots more in the full sized format for ten dollars.
'Bettie Page in Danger' is a photo fumetti comic with the pin-up girl fighting
zombies and mad scientists. The 'Girl Genius Omnibus-Volume 1: Agatha Awakens
HC' collects the multiple award winning web comic. Adventures of Great Teacher
Onizuka continue in this new series with 'GTO: 14 Days in Shonan' Volume 1 GN.
The first of the two volumes adapting the first book in a Shojo manga style is
offered in soft cover for the first time with 'Twilight: The Graphic Novel'
Volume 1 TP. The 'DC Superhero Chess Figure Collector Magazine' offers the first
four issues each featuring hand painted pieces: issue one has Batman as the
white king, two features Robin as the white bishop, three is Joker as the black
king and four is Commissioner Gordon as a white pawn. New tee shirts include a
chrome 'Thundercats' logo, a S.H.I.E.L.D. Logo, the Spider-Man round logo, an
Avengers logo and lots more.